[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 155 (Saturday, September 27, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2068-E2069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 26, 2008

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638, Air Force, RDT&E, Line 221, PE# 0708611F 
(Support Systems Development).
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Biomass Energy 
Systems, Inc., 100 Overlook Center, 2nd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: This project is underway to introduce 
alternative energy sources based on locally available resources for the 
USDOD and in Alaska. The Air Force, APTO, Eielson AFB and BESI have 
forged an alliance to create an alternative energy source program to be 
implemented in Alaska. The program consists of three phases. First, an 
integrated waste to energy system consisting of waste gasification, gas 
cleanup, and a gas engine to convert waste-based fuel gas to 
electricity will be demonstrated using wood waste and other locally 
generated wastes will be located at Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, AK. After 
the testing is complete and any modifications are identified, the 
gasification system will be relocated to a local village, to 
demonstrate the system in a typical local setting as a backup source of 
power. After testing the system under local conditions is completed, 
the system will be integrated in parallel with the existing petroleum-
based system. Initially the system will operate as backup for the 
existing system with a gradual change over to a primary role. This 
provides a practical model of sustainable renewable energy for the 
USDOD facilities, as well as the Alaskan villages.
  Description of matching funds: BESI is currently under contract to 
the U.S. Air Force, APTO to deliver a final design for a 1MW system for 
Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.
  This is a Congressionally funded project from FY 07 and the contract 
is worth $848,040.00.
  Appropriated Amount: $2,400,000.
  Project Name: Eielson Air Force Base Alternative Energy Source 
Program.

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  Detailed Finance Plan:

 
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                            Item                                 Cost
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Equipment Gasifier and Genset..............................   $1,430,000
Instrumentation and Controls...............................      330,000
Construction & Installation................................      200,000
Shakedown..................................................      200,000
Project Management.........................................      240,000
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  Total....................................................   $2,400,000
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  Bill Number: H.R. 2638, Army, RDT &E, 999 Classified Programs.
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Army Battle 
Command Battle Laboratory, Mr. Jason Denno, Deputy Director, Ft. 
Huachuca AZ 85613.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: (BRAMA-E) is a critical decision and 
training aid for commanders and operators to use in support of military 
operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT). BRAMA is an integrated 
collection, planning, and course of action system. It integrates 
existing U.S. Army developed blast modeling software with a state of 
the art 4D (Lat, Long, Alt, and Time) visualization front end. It is 
used by the Army to simulate blast analysis and vulnerability 
assessments.
  BRAMA provides decision support for anti-terrorism/force protection 
(AT/FP) and critical infrastructure protection (CIP). BRAMA is a 
royalty-free tool and requires minimal training. It leverages previous 
U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force--force/facility protection R&D efforts. 
Starting in 2007, the BRAMA capability--along with training--has been 
provided to active duty Army, Homeland Security and National Guard 
representatives from 7 states. The U.S. Army CONOPS for Force 
Protection highlights the need for a Capabilities Based Assessment 
(CBA) tool. Additionally, user feedback post-delivery on BRAMA 
specifically asks for enhancements on the speed at which facility data 
can be generated and visualized. Research conducted by the Army in 2006 
and 2007 has identified a candidate commercial technology that can be 
integrated into the BRAMA baseline to meet the CONOPS and speed up the 
collection process.
  BRAMA has demonstrated its usefulness to commanders, planners, and 
security forces by employing full-dimensional display technology to 
visualize, analyze and remediate blast effects generated by DoD-
approved blast models. BRAMA-E will extend that capability by 
simplifying the ease of use and helping the Army meet its goal to field 
a unit level Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) tool.
  Description of matching funds: Not Applicable.
  Appropriated Amount: $800,000.
  Project Name: Blast and Damage Assessment Risk Analysis and 
Mitigation Application--Enhancements (BRAMA-E).
  Funding Source: Army, RDT &E, 999 Classified Programs.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638, Army, RDT&E, Line 6, PE # 0602120A.
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Alkan Shelters, 
LLC, 1701 S. Cushman St., Fairbanks, AK 99701.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: In an effort to support the needs of the 
Special Operations Community with regard to establishing remote area 
communications and intelligence, Alkan has designed a C4 module capable 
for use on the smaller ATV platforms. The module design incorporates 
the latest in satellite communications, UAV & IR camera surveillance 
and military mesh network antenna systems. It will provide a means by 
which to gather field intelligence and transmit this data back to the 
tactical operations center. This project funding would be used to build 
a military ATV vehicle and C4 module and has already received $500,000 
in funding from SOCOM.
  Description of matching funds: This project has received $500,000 in 
funding from SOCOM.
  Appropriated Amount: $1,200,000.
  Project Name: Command and Control, Communications and Computers (C4) 
module.
  Detailed Finance Plan:

 
 
 
ATV........................................................     $300,000
Shelter....................................................      300,000
C4 Components..............................................      200,000
Engineering................................................      400,000
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  Total....................................................   $1,200,000
 

  Bill Number: H.R. 2638, Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, 04 
Administration and Servicewide Activities 0421 Civil Air Patrol.
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Alaska Wing, 
Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxiliary, P.O. Box 6014, 
Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK 99506-6014.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Requested funds would provide Infra-Red 
(IR) technology that would be mounted to select aircraft to enhance our 
capability in Search and Rescue (SAR), Homeland Security, and Disaster 
related missions. Five aircraft strategically located throughout Alaska 
would provide enhanced coverage for the aforementioned missions.
  Description of matching funds: N/A.
  Appropriated Amount: $800,000.
  Project Name: Alaska Civil Air Patrol Strategic Upgrades and 
Training.
  Funding Source: Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, 04 
Administration and Servicewide Activities 0421 Civil Air Patrol.
  Detailed Finance Plan:
  EVS Equipment, Installation, and needed aircraft modifications--
$450,000.
  Training Related Expenses--$150,000-$200,000.
  Estimated Modification(s) to Individual Squadron Facilities to 
Maintain Storage, Security, and Maintenance of the Technology--
$100,000-$200,000.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Alaska National 
Guard, Alaska Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, PO Box 5800 
Camp Denali, Fort Richardson, AK 99505-5800.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The Alaska National Guard is undergoing 
a significant organizational transformation from its ``Cold War first 
line of defense'' to an integral component of today's military that is 
trained and ready to fight the Global War on Terrorism. As such, it is 
imperative that we have contemporary training and logistics facilities 
for our soldiers as they return from Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. 
This new readiness center will serve as a modem regional training and 
logistics hub to prepare service members throughout western Alaska for 
their new mission. Thank you for your support on this matter.
  Description of matching funds: The State of Alaska has appropriated 
all necessary state funds for this project.
  Appropriated Amount: $16,000,000.
  Project Name: Bethel Armory Readiness Center.
  Funding Source: Department of Defense, Air National Guard.
  Detailed Finance Plan: Funds will be used for construction costs. The 
land for the project has been acquired, all environmental documentation 
is complete and without issue and the site has been prepared, at state 
cost, and is ready for construction; and the design is 95% complete.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638, Army, RDT&E, 999 Classified Programs.
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Battle Command 
Battle Lab, Mr. Jason Denno, Deputy Director, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The Constant Look system is a prototype 
biometric sensing capability developed for the U.S. Army to support 
MOUT (military operations in urbanized terrain). Its unique standoff 
capability gives users an ability to support surveillance and special 
operations remotely. User comments from several demonstration tests 
included requests for enhancements to improve usability and extend the 
capability of the system in terms of what can be collected The Constant 
Look Operational Support Environment (CLOSE) will provide that 
additional functionality by leveraging several proven off-the-shelf 
technologies--a standoff digital collection system and additional 
digital signal processing (DSP) to extract other types of biometric 
signatures.
  The U.S. Army's ISR Battle Command Battle Lab at Fort Huachuca (BCBL-
H) responding to user requests--has developed and tested a stand-off 
biometric sensor system that allows traditional and special operations 
units to conduct surveillance and identify potential hostiles from a 
safe distance with a low probability of detection. To date, the 
majority of the effort on Constant Look has focused on the core 
collection system technology and the user interface has not kept pace 
with available commercial technology. CLOSE will remedy that by 
leveraging millions of dollars in commercial investment and integrating 
that investment into the Constant Look baseline.
  CLOSE will provide CL users with a rapid capability to collect and 
model surveillance target facilities, including ingress and egress, 
from the same standoff range as the CL collection system itself. 
Secondly it will extend the DSP capability resident within the CL 
baseline to extract other types of Indications and Warning (I&W) data.
  Description of matching funds: Not Applicable.
  Appropriated Amount: $1,600,000.
  Project Name: Constant Look Operational Support Environment (CLOSE).
  Funding Source: Army, RDT&E, 999 Classified Programs.




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